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The paratroopers from Chosen Company, Second Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade held some examination lanes to test the skills of the Ukrainian National Guard. The lane exercises during Fearless Guardian were to assess the progress the soldiers made since the beginning of training. The training lanes organized by 2nd Lt....

On July 1, 2015, 244 MPs in Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine (Ukrainian Parliament) voted in favor of the Cabinet-drafted bill No. 2531 that banned soldiers in the ATO (anti-terrorist operation area) from using their cell phones without unit commanders’ permission. “Military performing their duty are prohibited from using personal devices of...

The IR group states that the withdrawal of heavy combat equipment (first of all, tanks) from the contact line in Donbas “by June 26,” as “advertised” by the MoD heads of the “Normandy Four,” has unequivocally failed. Russian-terrorist troops actively employ heavy armaments banned under the Minsk Agreements (including combat equipment), and...

Kyiv, June 30, 2015. Russia-backed militants have conducted a series of artillery and mortar attacks at the Ukrainian military positions, stretching from Novotroyitske to Shyrokyne, in the Mariupol sector. Militants changed tactics and started to use heavy weapons even in the daytime. According to the OSCE, civilians have left Shyrokyne. View map...

U.S. Senator, the chairman of the Senate Committee on Armed Services, John McCain, has arrived to Ukraine with the official delegation to show America’s support to Ukraine. Good to be in #Ukraine w/ @SenTomCotton & @SenJohnBarrasso – standing united with a free #Ukraine https://t.co/IAMjyybjC5 — John McCain (@SenJohnMcCain)...

Operational data from Information Resistance: Russian-terrorist forces remain active in Donbas and continue mounting large-scale offensives on the positions of Ukrainian troops and civilian objects, while also carrying out tactical offensives in a number of areas. During the past 24 hours, insurgents were active in areas that had...

ATO Press Center informs that Russian terrorists move to the active use of artillery tactics. “The situation in the ATO area is difficult, but controlled by Ukrainian forces. There are signs of deterioration of the situation because illegal pro-Russian armed gangs intensified shelling at the positions of Ukrainian troops during the last...

The Interior Minister Arsen Avakov announced on his Facebook page that on Thursday, June 18, 2015, that Pro-Russian journalist Oles Buzyna’s killers were detained: “Buzyna’s killers have been solved,” wrote Arsen Avakov. Pro-Russian journalist and a key witness in a criminal case related to a pro-Russia rally in Kyiv, Oles...

ATO Press Center informs that on June 17, 2015, the situation in the ATO (Anti-Terrorist Operation) area was difficult but controlled by Ukrainian units. “Militants of Russian-terrorist troops made three attempts to break through Ukrainian defense in Marinka and in the Luhansk region. Our units have successfully repulsed the enemy’s...